Pocket concealed placket construction



April 22, 1952 A B, RHOADS ET AL 2,593,795

POCKET CONCEALED PLACKET CONSTRUCTION Filed June 25, 1949 3 Sheets-Sheetl WILLIAM F. VAN APIBURG A TTORNEY April 22, 1952 A. B. RHoADs ET ALPOCKET CCNCEALED PLACKET CONSTRUCTION 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 25,1949 K INVEN TORS ALBERT BJQHOADS BylX//ILLJAM FTA/AN AMBURG April 22,1952 A. B. RHoADs ET A1.

POCKET CONCEALED PLACKET CONSTRUCTION 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filed June 25,1949 G D ,WJ s u r www y 5. MAA FM l VON www .f W ..2 ...n BM w .m D@ AD T n@ 7 A W Patented Apr. 22, 1952 POCKET ooNoEALED PLACKETCONSTRUCTION Albert B. Rhoads, Meadville, Pa., and William F. VanAmburg, Oceanside, N. Y., assignors to Talon, Inc., a corporation ofPennsylvania Application June 25, 1949, Serial No. 101,302

9 Claims.

This invention relates to garments, especially ladies trousers or slacksand the like, and -particularly to an improved concealed placketconstruction therefor incorporated with one of the side pockets and apocket assembly.

In such garments, a placket opening is usually provided in one side ofthe garment, and fastening devices, such as hooks and eyes, snapfasteners, or a slide fastener are usually provided for closing thesame. It is desirable that such fastening devices be concealed so as tolenhance the appearance of the garment. It is customary to place thefastening device in the placket and allow sufficient material to overlapthe fastening device so as to conceal the same.

According to the present invention, the fastening device, preferably aslide fastener, is attached to the edges of a slit arranged in the innerwall of the pocket rearwardly of the front section or panel of thegarment thereby concealing the fasl tener from-view.

It has been found that if the fastener is placed in the Igarment in sucha manner without anchoring the front edge of the pocket that the pocketwill gap open and the walls vof-the pocket will tend to be pulled outthrough the pocket opening when disposed on the wearer which, of

course, is very objectional in that it not only presents an untidyappearance, but also exposes the fastener. The present inventionprevents `such gapping or pulling out of the pocket.

Accordingly, it is the general object of the present invention toprovide an improved placket opening for such garments which is not onlyconcealed, but one which presents a tidy appearance at all times.

It is another object of the invention to provide an improvedconstruction for such garments wherein the fastener is concealed in theside pocket, and with the pocket so constructed and be convenientlyincorporated therewith at a minimum expense.

.Various other lobjects and advantagesof this invention will be moreapparent in the course of the following specification, and will be`par-- ticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, there is shown for the purpose ofillustration, an embodiment and several modifications thereof which ourin- Vention may assume in practice.

In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a pair of slacks with which ourinvention is incorporated;

Fig. 2 is an interior fragmentary view, partly in section, of one sideof the pair of slacks shown in Fig. 1, showing one embodiment of ourinvention with the placket closed;

Fig. 3 is an exterior fragmentary view, similar to Fig. 2, showing theplacket partially open;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an interior fragmentary view, partly in section, of one sideof a pair 'of slacks, showing a slight modification of the embodimentshown in Fig. 2, with the placket closed;

Fig. 6 is an exterior fragmentary View of the modification shown in Fig.5, with the placket partially open;

Fig. 'l is an enlarged sectional View taken on line 1 1 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is an interior fragmentary view, partly in section, of anotherembodiment of our invention, showing the placket closed;

Fig. 9 is an exterior fragmentary view of the embodiment shown in Fig.8, showing the placket partially open; and

Fig. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken on line lll-I0 of Fig. 8.

For the purposes of illustration, our invention is shown incorporatedwith a pair of ladies slacks having front and rear sections 2 and3,respectively, joined by vertical side seams 4. Both the front and rearsections are attached preferably to' a waistband 5 by stitching with thewaistband being open at one side, as at 6, for adorning the garment andremoving it from the body of the wearer. In the present instance, thereis provided a snap fastener 1 for fastening together the two ends of thewaistband at the opening 6, but it will be understood that a button andbuttonhole may be used or a hook and eye or any other suitable fasteningdevice. There are provided side pockets 8 which open rearwardly, as moreclearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings.

In accordance with the present invention, there is associated with theinner wall which is positioned rearwardly of the outer wall of `onefastener II) associated therewith for normally closing the same in awell-known manner, so that the placket and fastener will be concealed bythe outer wall and front section of the garment. It will be understoodthat our improved placket is arranged with only one of the side pockets8, the left as shown in Fig. 1. In the preferred embodiment of ourinvention, as shown in '.Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the pocket 8 is in the formof a patch pocket with the inner wall I2 thereof consisting of a pieceof material suitably attached to and suspended from the front portion ofthe waistband with the rear edge thereof attached to the front section 2along the vertical seam 4 adjacent thereto. The front edge I3 of thisinner wall I2 is also attached to vthe front section by a row ofstitching I4 so that the inner wall I2 in conjunction with a portion ofthe front section 2 of the garment forms a pocket. There is providedpreferably a flap I5 arranged rearwardly of the placket and fastener II)so as to protect the body of the wearer from the opening and closingaction of the fastener. In

sociated therewith are arranged vertically.

It will be understood that the placket `9 and the fastener I0 associatedtherewith are 'positioned in the inner wall I2 rearwardly of the frontsection or outer wall so yas to be concealed thereby. An importantaspect Aof the invention is the` construction of the placket pocket, andespecially the stitching I4 around the front edge thereof so as toanchor securely that edge whereby displacement is prevented.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8, there is shown a slight modification of ourinvention. This construction is substantially the same as our preferredembodiment, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, and differs therefrom only inthat the slide fastener I0 is arranged angularly relative to thewaistband and front section 2 instead of vertically as in the preferredform. In other words, the placket opening 9 a-nd the fastener I0associated therewith are disposed substantially parallel to the pocketopening and adjacent thereto, yet concealed by the front section orouter wall of the garment. In such construction, it will be seen that amuch deeper pocket is provided thereby tending to eliminate any dangerof the contents of the pocket from falling therefrom when the placketand fastener are open.

There is shown in Figs. 8, 9, and l0, another modification of thepresent invention. In this construction, there is provided a so-calledswing type pocket I6 having inner and outer walls I'I and I8,respectively, which are attached to and suspended from the front portionofthe waistband y5 with the lower rearedge attached tothe front section2 along the vertical seam 4.

There is arranged in the front section preferably along the rear edge ofthe pocket, an angularly or diagonally extending placket I9 which is sopositioned that it is concealed by an overlapping portion of the frontsection and the outer wall I8 of the pocket. As before, there isassociated with the placket for Yconnecting the same .a slide fastener2i] having one side thereof at- `of the ,placket Vandfastener .IDassociated there-v with for protecting the wearer from the opening andclosing action of the fastener.

The front edge 28 of the pocket, i. e., the front edge of both the innerand outer walls are anchored to the front section 2 at the fly andcrotch seams 24 and 25, respectively, thereof preferably by means ofapair of tapes 26 and 21 having one of their ends attached to the frontedge of the pocket with the other ends attached along the fly and crotchseams. It will be understood that this front edge of the pocket may alsobe anchored to the front section 2 by means of stitching, if so desired,in a manner similar to the preferred embodiment, but it would detractfrom the appearance of the garment'in that the stitching would beexposed.

In the Ymanufacture of such a garment, it will be understood that thepocket especially as shown in the last modication as just described maybe prepared separately, sold, and stocked for subsequent use. Asprepared, such pockets will have a placket opening with a slide fastenerassociated therewith. Thus, it will be seen that a substantial savingswill result in the making of the garment.

As a result of our invention, it will be seen that there is not onlyprovided an Yimproved concealed placket construction but, in addition, aconstruction which will prevent gapping of the pocket opening when thegarment is worn due to the fact that the front edge of the pocket issecurely anchored thereby enhancing the appearance of the garmentbesides the other advantages obtained.

While we have shown and described-an embodiment and severalmodifications thereof which our invention may assume in practice, itwill be understood that this embodiment and the modi fications aremerely for the purpose of illustration and description, and that other.forms vmay be devised within the scope of our invention as defined inthe appended claims.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. In a garment of the class described having front and rear sections, awaistband to which said sections are attached and being'open at Voneside of said garment, a pocket suspended from said waist band andopening rearwardly with the rear edge thereof attached to the frontsection along the joining ledges of said front yand rear sections, avslit in the inner wall of said pocket opposite the opening in saidlwaistband so as to be concealed by the outer wall of said pocket, aslide fastener attached to the side edges of said slit so as .to`provide a concealed placket, and means attaching the front edge ofsaid'pocket to said fro-nt section so that the front edge of the pocketis anchored thereto whereby the walls of said pocket are `prevented from'being displaced'and pulled out through ythe pocket opening from behindthe front sectionwhen the garment is in use.

2. In a garment of the class described, the combination as defined inclaim 1, 'wherein the means attaching the front edge of the pocket tothe front section so that the front yedge `of the pocket is anchored'thereto consists of a row of stitching through the front edge of saidpocket and said front'section.

3. In a garment of the class described, the combination as defined inclaim 1, whereinthe means attaching theLfront edge ofthe pocketto thefront section so lthat the front edge .of the pocket is anchored theretoconsists of atleast one strap-like member .having vone :end thereof at-5 tached to the edge of the pocket and the other end attached to thefront section.

4. In a garment of the class described, the combination as defined inclaim 1, wherein the slit in the inner wall of the pocket is arrangedangularly relative to the waistband so as to provide a pocket of maximumdepth.

5. In a garment of the class described having front and rear sectionsjoined in a vertical side seam, a waistband to which said sections areattached and being open at one side of said garment, a pocket suspendedfrom said waistband and opening rearwardly, said pocket having an innerwall and an outer wall with said inner wall consisting of a piece ofmaterial disposed inwardly of the front section and with the outer wallconsisting of a portion of the front section, said inner wall having itsrear edge connected to the front section along the joining edges of saidfront and rear sections and having its inner edge attached to said frontsection by a row of stitching extending substantially from the waistbandto the vertical side seam, a slit arranged in said inner wall oppositethe opening in said waistband so as to be concealed by the outer wall orfront section, and a slide fastener attached to the side edges of saidslit so as to provide a concealed placket.

6. In a garment of the class described, the combination as dened inclaim `5, wherein the slit in the inner :wall of the pocket is arrangedangularly relative to the waistband so as to provide a pocket of maximumdepth.

'7. In a garment of the class described having front and rear sectionsjoined in a vertical side seam, a waistband to which said sections areattached and being open at one side of said garment, a swingpocket'suspended from said waistband and opening rearwardly with thelower rear edge thereof attached to the front section along the joiningedges of said front and rear sections in the vertical side seam, a slitin the inner wall of said pocket opposite the opening in said waistbandso as to be concealed by the outer -wall of said pocket and said frontsection, a slide fastener attached to the side edges of said slit so asto provide a concealed placket, and means attaching the front edge ofsaid pocket to said front section so that the front edge of the pocketis anchored thereto whereby the walls of said pocket are prevented frombeing displaced and pulled out through the pocket opening from behindthe iront section when the garment is in use.

8. In a garment of the class described, the combination as dened inclaim 7, wherein the means attaching the front edge of the pocket to thefront section so that the front edge of the pocket is anchored theretoconsists of a row of stitching through the front edge of said pocket andsaid front section.

9. In a garment of the class described, the combination as dened inclaim 7, wherein the means attaching the front edge of the pocket to thefront section so that the front edge of the pocket is anchored theretoconsists of at least one strap-like member having one end thereofattached to the edge of the pocket and the other end attached to thefront section.

ALBERT B. RHOADS. WILLIAM F. VAN AMBURG.

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